In The New York Times Magazine: Cheetos Giant

Posted by Rob Walker on May 9, 2009
Posted Under: Consumed

BIG CHEESE:
Is largeness its own reward?

We think of ourselves as sophisticated creatures, and the many brilliant minds of the consumer-industrial complex often think of us that way, too. But sometimes what we want seems pretty simple. Sometimes, we just want something big.

A case in point, perhaps: giant Cheetos….

Read the column in the May 10, 2009, New York Times Magazine, or here.

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